Senate leader turns back on voters with Medicaid delay - LETTER

Michigan Senate majority leader Randy Richardville's fearful decision not to bring up a vote on Medicaid expansion until September is irresponsibly selfish and a mark of failed leadership which should not to be given a kow-tow by the majority of Mich. state senators who will vote yes on this vitally important and significant legislation.

Sen. Richardville's decision to follow an unwritten Republican caucus rule that will not allow a vote if a majority of the party in power indicates it will not support legislation brought to the senate floor is nothing less than backward politics that hurts Michigan.

Voters elected Lansing legislators to represent best interests of all constituents, including the Tea party but not exclusively for the Tea Party. Sen. Richardville displays astute political cowardliness in his steadfast reluctance to stand up to this anti-anterior special interest group.

Sen. Richardville needs to get on with it and hold an up or down vote on Medicaid expansion before he goes on summer vacation and leaves 430,000 Medicaid-eligible Michigan residents in the dark shadows of failed political leadership.